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YouGen wrote a new blog post: The Green Deal: who would you prefer to deliver it? 2 weeks, 1 day ago
For mass take-up of energy saving measures we need effective financing schemes, so we welcome the glimpses of detail on the Green Deal that Greg Barker gave us at the end of June. However, it’s not enough to get a clear view of how the scheme will work.
How will it be delivered?
Barker [...]
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YouGen started the forum topic The Green Deal: who would you prefer to deliver it? in the group Renewable energy made easy: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Which would you trust most to advise on and install energy efficiency or renewable measure in your house?
National retailers such as M&S, Tesco or B&Q OR locally-based specialist companies?
Vote now in the online poll on the YouGen home page http://www.yougen.co.uk/
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YouGen wrote a new blog post: Scottish home renewables grants expected to close in 3 weeks 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Scottish householders are being urged to snap up grants for home renewables before the cash runs out. Grants are still available for 30% of the cost, up to a maximum of £4,000 for heating technologies like wood pellet boilers, heat pumps or solar water heating. (The LCBP grants in England is already closed.)
Scottish energy minister [...]
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YouGen commented on the blog post Time to harvest your rain water? 3 weeks, 3 days ago
We’ve had one of the wettest winters in history, and it would be easy to think that we have no issues with the level of potable water in this country.
Recent coverage in the news about water shortages in the North of England suggest otherwise. There further useful information on the http://www.YouGen.co.uk website together with details [...] -
YouGen wrote a new blog post: Six tips to save you from solar panel cowboys 1 month ago
Six tips to save you from solar panel cowboys
About the author: Paul Hutchens is founder and director of Eco2Solar, which installs solar systems around the UK. First published on YouGen.
Solar hot water is intrinsically an ethical industry. We all want to save the planet don’t we? So we need to ensure that [...]
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YouGen wrote a new blog post: 10 tips for choosing a good solar PV installer 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Choosing an installer is always a tricky business, so YouGen asked Stuart Houghton, of Abacus Renewable Energy, who installed our photovoltaic solar panels, what his top tips are. Watch the video, or read on, to find out:
1. Find out how long they’ve been in the business.
2. Ask if they will [...]
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YouGen commented on the blog post Selling back to the grid 1 month, 3 weeks ago
If you are thinking of installing solar to generate your electricty you might want to check out a http://www.yougen.co.uk/blog-entry/1482/10+tips+for+choosing+a+good+solar+PV+installer/.
The video provides a short guide to selecting solar PV installer.
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YouGen wrote a new blog post: Heat pumps:10 things a good installer should ask 2 months ago
Finding an installer for a renewable energy technology should be a straight forward exercise. With all the certification an installer has to meet, such as the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), to enable a client to access grants, the installer has to know what they are talking about and be competent. Don’t they?
Unfortunately, [...]
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YouGen wrote a new blog post: Is a heat pump suitable for my home? 3 key checks 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Heat pumps are one of the most talked about renewable technologies – on television, in newspapers and magazines. The way they are portrayed they seem to be the answer to all our problems and will suit all properties. But is this true?
Heat pumps (ground, air or water) suit only certain applications and it is important [...]
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YouGen wrote a new blog post: Avoiding the solar cowboys 3 months ago
Only one of 14 solar thermal salespeople proved worthy of recommendation in Which?’s recent investigation into solar panel companies. This is devastating news both for the industry and, more importantly, for people wanting to switch to solar hot water systems.
Ten of the companies misled researchers and some also used what can only [...]
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YouGen posted on the forum topic Home generators in the group Renewable energy made easy: 3 months ago
The new FIT scheme does allow you to sell electricty back to the grid. The returns depend on the type of renewable technology you have installed.
As too what the best form of generating electricity, well that depends on a lot of factors such as location, type or size of property.
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YouGen wrote a new blog post: Renewable energy is coming to a supermarket near you 4 months, 1 week ago
“I’m just popping down to Tesco for a solar panel” doesn’t sound right somehow. Maybe it’s just me, but I not sure that the entry of the supermarkets into the renewable energy market is a good thing.
Sainsbury is first out of the starting gates. It [...]
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YouGen created the group Renewable energy made easy 4 months, 1 week ago
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YouGen wrote a new blog post: Green Web Award Winner 5 months, 2 weeks ago
YouGen has been voted winner of the green living advice category of the Green Web Awards. The website, which aims to make it easy for people to work out whether or not renewable energy is a appropriate for their house, had been up for less than a year when it was shortlisted.
“To [...]
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YouGen wrote a new blog post: Feed-in tariff: your questions answered 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The introduction of the feed-in tariff (known as Clean Energy Cashback scheme) opens a new and exciting era for microgeneration. Here we answer some of the most common questions on the new scheme. If you’ve got any more, please add a comment below and we’ll do our best to answer. The information below refers [...]
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YouGen wrote a new blog post: Cash Back for Green Energy 5 months, 3 weeks ago
At last the uncertainty is over – we now know what the rates are for the Clean Energy Cashback (feed-in tariff) which starts on 1 April 2010. Its purpose is to encourage installations of wind turbines, solar photovoltaic panels, micro hydro and microCHP schemes of up to 5MW capacity to produce low carbon electricity.
The feed-in [...]
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YouGen created the blog Renewable Energy Made Easy 5 months, 3 weeks ago
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YouGen created the blog Renewable Energy Made Easy 5 months, 3 weeks ago
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YouGen created the blog Cash Back for Green Energy 5 months, 3 weeks ago
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YouGen created the blog Cash Back for Green Energy 5 months, 3 weeks ago
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YouGen and Laura Fitzpatrick are now friends 5 months, 4 weeks ago
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YouGen became a registered member 6 months, 1 week ago
